Case Studies Definition: A case study is an in-depth study of one person. Much of Freud’s work and theories were developed through individual case studies. In a case study‚ nearly every aspect of the subject’s life and history is analyzed to seek patterns and causes for behavior. The hope is that learning gained from studying one case can be generalized to many others. Unfortunately‚ case studies tend to be highly subjective and it is difficult to generalize results to a larger population. Types
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HBR CASE STUDY Good Money After Bad? Jack Brandon’s initial idea has not panned out‚ and the cash is nearly gone. But he’s got a new plan. Will you back him a second time? by John W. Mullins F Daniel Vasconcellos overlooking the sparkling lights of San Francisco‚ Christian Harbinson gazed across the bay to the hills above Sausalito. “There’s nothing like a vigorous hike‚” he thought‚“to clear the mind before a crucial meeting.” It was a mild March evening‚ and the 35-year-old venture
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Project Report on ANALYSIS OF FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF IOCL OWNED OPERATED RETAIL OUTLET INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Industrial training is an integral part of any management program. I feel lucky that i got the opportunity to do the training in one of the largest and most popular oil sector company‚ Indian Oil Corporation Limited. I take the opportunity to express our gratitude to all of them‚ who helped us to accomplish this challenging project in Indian Oil
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bad business decision that almost destroyed the company. She provided extensive landscaping to a new mall on credit‚ and when the mall never opened and its owners went bankrupt‚ Plant World found itself in deep trouble. The company had virtually no cash and had to pay off the bills for the mall plants‚ most of which were not even salvageable. One Friday‚ Ong called a meeting with her employees and leveled with them: either they would not get paid for a month or
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Global Strategy and Leadership SMA 要重 Module Module 1 - An introducing to strategy and leadership Introducing strategy and leadership The evolution of strategy Differentiating strategy Operational effectiveness Competitive strategy productivity frontier Figure 1.1 Reading 1.1 Are you sure you have a strategy? The elements of strategy Arenas Vehicles Differentiaors Staging Economic logic IKEA Table 1 Testing the quality of your strategy The emergence ( ) of strategy Developing
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2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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Case Study #3 “Product Development at Dell Computer Corporation” Summary Report Duong Hai Dang POM 345 I. Introduction Since the day it was founded in 1984‚ Dell Inc has grown to be a global leader in manufacturing computer and one of the largest technological corporations in the world with more than 100‚000 employees. Right from day one‚ Michael Dell was trying to develop his computer in his school dormitory till the beginning of 2001. Within less than 20 years‚ Dell Computer Corporation had
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www.sciedu.ca/rwe Research in World Economy Vol. 3‚ No. 1; March 2012 Globalization and Economic Growth: A Case Study in A Few Developing Countries (1980-2010) Abdolmajid Arfaei Moghaddam (Corresponding author) Department of Civilization and Government Studies‚ Faculty of Human Ecology‚ University Putra Malaysia‚ Tel: +603-894-67058 E-mail: marfaeim@hotmail.com Ma’rof Redzuan Department of Social and Development Science‚ Faculty of Human Ecology‚ University Putra Malaysia‚
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(section 007) Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm or anytime by appointment Instructional Material: Strategic Management Concepts By Frank Rothaermel - McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. - 2012 – First Edition‚ Paperback - ISBN 978 0 07 732445-2 Cases for the class: available at: HBSP 1. Wii Encore? By Andrei Hagiu‚ Hanna Halaburda; Product#: 709448-PDF-ENG‚ Revision Date: Aug 25‚ 2011 2. TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond. By David B. Yoffie ‚ Michael Slind; Product#: 708401-PDF-ENG‚ Pub.
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the Cola Wars? Steve M. McKelvey Overview of the Soft Drink Industry Coca-Cola: The Defending Champion Since its inception in the late 1800s‚ Coca-Cola has experienced meteoric growth‚ progressing from nine glasses per day to nearly 4.5 billion cases on an annual basis ("Top 10‚" 2004). Today‚ Coca-Cola offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries and controls the highest market share (44%) in the soft drink market ("Top 10‚" 2004). In addition to its leading global market-share‚ Coca-Cola also
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